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BREAKING: Car crashes into Birmingham city centre tram stop
Rangzeb Hussain
July 4, 2023 | 04:15 pm
A car crashed into a tram stop in the heart of Birmingham city centre this afternoon just before 4pm. The collision took place in Broad Street near the junction of…
Name that bull! Will it be Ozzy, Brummie, Bostin or Boulton?
Rangzeb Hussain
June 15, 2023 | 09:02 am
The competition to find a name for the giant bull that vowed the world at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has resulted in a shortlist of four from a selection of nearly…
Hunt launched after masked man tried to grab a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
September 30, 2022 | 12:13 pm
Police have launched a manhunt after a young girl was grabbed around the waist by a masked man as she made her way to school on Tuesday morning (27 September). The…
Birmingham artist’s Hippodrome show to highlight spirituality, love and unity
Rangzeb Hussain
June 25, 2022 | 04:24 pm
A Birmingham artist is putting together a spiritual show which will be unveiled at The Hippodrome as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Award-winning artist Mohammed Ali, who hails from…
Birmingham artists join national ‘Rebel Music Tour’ in Digbeth to challenge racism through music
Staff Reporter
February 24, 2022 | 10:30 am
A national tour celebrating music as a means of bringing communities together and fighting racism is coming to Birmingham tonight. The 'Rebel Music Tour' - which is touring around the…
Teenager tragically dies after car overturns in Washwood Heath
Rangzeb Hussain
December 11, 2021 | 01:45 pm
A teenager is dead and two other people were injured after their car overturned in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham on Saturday (11th December). Police were called to Washwood…
Football fan-made BBC Squad Goals to return to radio airwaves
Staff Reporter
August 11, 2021 | 12:18 pm
A local BBC Radio show made for football fans by football fans is returning to airwaves and has been billed as "bigger and better than before". Squad Goals is back and this season…
Mayor Andy Street to mark Holocaust memorial Day with West Midlands faith leaders
Staff Reporter
January 25, 2021 | 10:41 pm
West Midlands mayor Andy Street will join members of the Jewish and interfaith community tomorrow to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, ahead of national commemorations. Marking Holocaust Memorial Day in a special virtual event, the…
Brummie chefs team up to host virtual cooking show in aid of regional homeless initiative
Staff Reporter
December 4, 2020 | 12:04 pm
Michelin-starred TV chef Glynn Purnell is teaming up with Birmingham City Council to host a virtual Cook-A-Long show in aid of the alternative giving scheme that helps rough sleepers. The…
Meet the London man who funnelled £200,000 worth of Class A drugs a year to Hereford through Birmingham
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2020 | 05:46 pm
Police have brought down a complex county lines drug supply chain after discovering a London man funnelled heroin and crack cocaine into Hereford via Birmingham. Bodrul Islam, from Newham in east…